DRAFT

House of the Two Fountains (Maison aux deux Fontaines)

Authors: Wilhelmina Jashemski , Amina-Aïcha Malek

Contributor: Nicholas Gill

Permalink: https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/id/9ec06fbe5b/

Published: 2020-11-10

Modified: 2025-09-16

Dates

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Garden Description

This house in the W of the market may have had a peristyle garden enclosed by a portico on four sides; the possible garden had two shallow semicircular basins.

Images

Fig.1 Plan of House of the Two Fountains

Bibliography

Poinssot, C., Les ruines de Dougga, Tunis, 1958, p. ???(worldcat)
C. Poinssot, Les ruines de Dougga, Tunis, 1983(worldcat)
Bullo, S., Ghedini, F., Amplissimae atque ornatissimae domus: l'edilizia residenziale nelle città della Tunisia romana, Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2003, p.264-265. (worldcat)

Keywords

domus AAT:300005506
peristyle houses AAT:300005452
semicircular basin

Explore the places containing this garden:

Thugga
Africa Proconsularis